JUSTICE

(JUDGE) [noun] [C] - a judge(US) The President is expected to name a new Supreme Court justice within the next few days.(UK and ANZ) The judge, Mr Justice Ellis, severely reprimanded the offenders.(US, ANZ also) The unanimous decision, written by Justice Ben Overton, upheld the lower court's ruling.A Justice of the Peace (abbrev. JP) is a person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law courts and, in the US, can marry people.